' Tora ' in Japanese is tiger. The triple ' tora ' was the call sign for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
Why the reference ? The movie of that name was on the tube last night, most likely to mark the Dec 7 raid in Hi.
In Sympatico news, ' man runs overself, gets ticket '.
No, didn't read the story, too delicious to not make something up.
the truth can be so boring.
Its probably, really innocent, man is backing up w/ one foot outside the car ( car jockeys do it all the time, also if you are reversing a Lamborghini, this is the only way to see behind ). He slips and runs over his foot and subsequently hits a parked car. Tada.
The ' Hobbit ' advertising is in full gear. I tried to access footage from the NY ? premier but it was blacked out on Sympatico.
The TorStar ran an interview w/ P. Jackson.
Primarily, ' did you want to do the ' Hobbit ' ? , ' What changed your mind ' ? , What about Guillermo Toros ? .
The interviewer recalls asking Jackson ' Will you do the the ' Hobbit ' now ? Jackson, shaking his head ' No, No, never ! ' Hence my comment ' once more into the breach '. another trilogy, hopefully not a decade , again.
The rationale for 3 runs at the ' Hobbit ' is the enormous ancillary material compiled by Tolkien.
JRR, was a linguist first. and first created a language or languages
related to Finnish ( a little Welsh too ) calling it Elvish. JRR created a world for his story. All the while he added / referenced, background information.
The nut of the work may be the ' Simarillion '. I've tried to read it cover to cover. Actually, might have. but if I finished it - this was in a daze. Between names ( sometimes 3 versions, for the different languages - Dwarvish, Sindarin ( grey elvish ) and Quenya ( high or noble elvish ) and the lineages ( much detailed as you go ), definitely dazed.
Gandalf is Olorin ( Valinorian elvish ), Tharkun ( to the dwarves ), the grey Pilgrim and Mithrandir ( Sindarin ).
Valinor was the Undying land basically home the Valar ( gods ) and the High Elves.
Didn't mean to do this to-day, I was going to give you a rest from Tolkien-ism.
" When thou hast done, thou hast not done, for I have more "
John Dunne
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